Rapid, sweeping changes in modern life are imposing new challenges upon society - and creating new opportunities as well. We’re in the middle of three giant accelerations, according to Tom Friedman. Changes involving markets, the Earth’s climate, and technology are reshaping social and economic life in powerful ways and putting a premium on “learning faster, and governing and operating smarter,” across the globe. Technology is now accelerating at a pace the average human cannot keep up with. What are the implications of this rapid transformational change for people’s lives, for society, for politics, and for democracy?
Join us for a conversation with Tom Friedman, op-ed columnist for the New York Times, and James Manyika, chairman and director of the McKinsey Global Institute, who are both leading experts on these changes happening around the globe, and consider what we can do about it.
SPEAKER:
Thomas Friedman
Foreign Affairs Columnist, The New York Times
James Manyika
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company; Chairman and Director, McKinsey Global Institute
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